With that said, I asking myself if the majority of Cubase users are really going to use Melodyne in stead of VariAudio. For my needs VariAudio is enough in about 90% of the cases.

unfortunately Vari Audio and Melodyne are worlds apart. ever tried to tune a hi violin in Vari Audio? it simply doesn't recognise the top half octave of the violin range. similar for high flute notes. plus it is full of artifacts and clicks. i would happily pay another $100 for ARA. but that is a professional viewpoint that might not apply for everyone.

Time to come down off the ledge (again). Vas said that he upgraded to 9.5 which means he is a paying Steinberg customer and has the right to his opinion just as much as you. He never said Cubase didn't have any great features and he also said without ARA, Cubase would not be his main DAW, not that he was moving away from it completely. How can you say that his opinion is ridiculous when you don't what type of work that he does? Maybe for your workflow Cubase is perfect, but for others maybe it isn't. For heavy users or Melodyne and Vocalign, ARA makes a huge difference in speeding up the transfer process.

I know you +1'ed the request but have you actually used a Melodyne or Vocalign in DAW with ARA? For some users, this integration is important enough to contemplate a switch for others the other features in Cubase outweigh the lack of this integration. Neither side is wrong and no one should deserve the kind of responses you have been giving. How would you feel if every time you posted a comment that someone came back and said that your opinion was wrong, idiotic or invalid? You can disagree with someone and still be tactful at the same time. Don't you agree?

So, in this second attempt to reach you, please stop attacking people and putting words in their mouth. Just a thought, maybe you should avoid this thread altogether if it raises you blood pressure so much. We definitely wouldn't want you to have a heart attack or stoke just because someone has an opinion that differs from yours.

It is an integration that can be used by Melodyne, Autotune Pro and Vocalign currently. It drastically improves the workflow when using these 3rd party products by making the transfer process much easier and faster. There are several videos out there that show ARA in action if you are interested in searching for them.

I can also imagine it being used by other plugin developers as more DAW developers adopt the technology.

Cubase Pro 10 definitely needs ARA2 support. otherwise, it will be behind in the competition. Studio One 4 has it, Logic Pro X has it. I think this time Cubase just can't pass. You guys need to do it. Cheers.

I agree the pressure is on... for Cubase 10, Steinberg will likely have to come up with (at a minimum) either a new and improved VariAudio that competes with the latest Melodyne, or they'll have to implement ARA2.

BTW, you forgot one -- Studio One 4, Logic Pro, AND Reaper have ARA 2. I heard a rumor somewhere (and it is ONLY a rumor) that another "big" DAW may be implementing it too. And likely several more developers (small and large) will eventually implement it either on the DAW side or plugin side. So I think the momentum has built for this new standard, and I'll be surprised if Steinberg can ignore it for long. And who knows, maybe it will show up in Cubase 10?

With the combination of Melodyne 4 allowing me to play multiple tracks in at once and on the Cubase end the 'Render in place' function together has saved me incredible amounts of time. Not having used ARA2 in Studio 1 can someone tell me what I'm missing. What advantage would it bring to the workflow?

With the combination of Melodyne 4 allowing me to play multiple tracks in at once and on the Cubase end the 'Render in place' function together has saved me incredible amounts of time. Not having used ARA2 in Studio 1 can someone tell me what I'm missing. What advantage would it bring to the workflow?

It just becomes a near instantaneous instant real time plugin so can be used like any native pitch correction plug.

With the combination of Melodyne 4 allowing me to play multiple tracks in at once and on the Cubase end the 'Render in place' function together has saved me incredible amounts of time. Not having used ARA2 in Studio 1 can someone tell me what I'm missing. What advantage would it bring to the workflow?

It just becomes a near instantaneous instant real time plugin so can be used like any native pitch correction plug.

Yes, but apparently, the overall workflow is supposed to be amazing for those who have used and seen it more fully in action. Melodyne with ARA2 has not been released yet, so the only people who have seen it in action are the devs, beta testers and folks who have seen demos of Logic, Reaper and Studio One 4 at conferences, etc. It's a "seamless" experience. Additionally, other plugins will start using the standard, so the longer that Steinberg waits, the further they will fall behind on some tremendous workflow improvements.

The standard will allow even deeper integrations too... so for example, if Steinberg chose to implement it fully, the chord track could theoretically be part of the fun.

Here's text copied from the Celemony press release:

"At NAMM 2018 Celemony announced version 2 of the acclaimed ARA (Audio Random Access) plug-in extension. The ARA interface extension allows plug-ins and DAWs to communicate more comprehensively with one another and therefore work far better together. Now Celemony is announcing a new version, ARA 2, which has even greater possibilities.

With ARA 2, the exchange of information between DAWs and plug-ins is even more comprehensive, which makes additional applications possible. The new ARA 2 specification allows, among other things, the simultaneous editing of multiple tracks, the transfer of chord track information between the DAW and the plug-in, seamless clip borders that make the manual setting of crossfades superfluous, Undo interlocking with the DAW, and much else besides.

To profit from the new possibilities, both programs – the DAW and the plug-in – must support the ARA 2 specification. Fortunately, ARA 2 is considerably more flexible and can be integrated more easily into a multitude of DAWs as well as supported by a very wide variety of plug-ins. What features then become available depends, of course, upon the specific plug-in and DAW in each case involved. One pairing may allow only simple sound editing, another perhaps even automatic tempo and harmony adjustments.

Celemony is holding out the prospect of the spring release of a version of Melodyne with ARA 2 – the beta-testing has already begun. ARA 2 was developed in collaboration with established as well as new ARA partners. The first implementations have already been announced: One development partner, Presonus, for example, is currently working on a version of Studio One featuring the new technology and also rock has announced ARA 2 integration for Reaper. Apple, with its Logic Pro X 10.4, has already presented at the NAMM show ARA support based on ARA 2."

Syncro Arts just added ARA 2 to Revoice Pro with their newly released version 4. I have been holding off on purchasing Revoice Pro because it did not have ARA like their Vocalign products. Fingers crossed that Steinberg is planning to add ARA sooner than later because this only makes me want ARA in Cubase even more.

This really needs to happen with Cubase. Steinberg, please add this into Cubase 10. This can't be neglected and needs to be implemented to show that Cubase is just if not more capable than the other DAWs. Cubase has great features but ignoring ARA 2 would be a big mistake IMO.

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No ARA2 would definitely be a Con and not a Pro. I'm not saying it would feel like Cubase 10 Con instead of Cubase 10 Pro ... but it would!
ARA2 support: no ... is not good enough for a lot of people and they will base their cues elsewhere if they're new to DAWs, want a full-scale DAW from some toy level DAW or are jumping ship.
Swallow the pride and think in market shares, implement ARA2 and be done with it. Otherwise it's a bullet in the foot once a year until it's done. Roll with the punches and go with the flow.
I'm not going anywhere. last time I counted I was only one so not much of a market share ...